The win, courtesy of goals from Hisatsugu Ishii, Rion Ichihara and Ryunosuke Sato sees Japan on level points with Korea Republic, who defeated Syria 2-1 earlier on Friday.
Having seized control from the first blow of the whistle, Japan opened accounts in the 13th minute when Thailand failed to deal with a corner taken by Rento Takaoka, with the ball falling kindly for the unmarked Hisatsugu Ishii, who coolly slipped it home from the left of the six yard box past a stranded Anut Samran. .....
FT | 🇯🇵Japan 3️⃣-0️⃣ Thailand 🇹🇭
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